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Recent Examples of bottomland
Whitmer, in November 2020, sent notice of her intention to revoke the state's 1953 easement with the company allowing the pipelines underwater on the Straits of Mackinac bottomlands.
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The Parkers were one of the first families to occupy the bottomland near the north bank of the Trinity River before the Johnson family founded Mosier Valley, according to Pointer.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
As one of the largest intact stretches of old-growth bottomland hardwood forests, Congaree National Park is marvelous in any season.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
Mike was in a bottomland tree stand ahead of us, near the edge of the property.
—Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
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Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The Parkers were one of the first families to occupy the bottomland near the north bank of the Trinity River before the Johnson family founded Mosier Valley, according to Pointer.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025
As one of the largest intact stretches of old-growth bottomland hardwood forests, Congaree National Park is marvelous in any season.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025
Mike was in a bottomland tree stand ahead of us, near the edge of the property.
—Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottomland
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Immediately upon regaining control of the lowlands of São Tomé, the Portuguese dedicated scarce manpower and equipment to the resumption of sugar cultivation, the repair of the mills, and the terrorizing of new shipments of captives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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These king cobras prefer the cool, rainy montane forests along Goa’s eastern border, not the dry, lowland western part of the state, says study co-author Hinrich Kaiser, a herpetologist at Victor Valley College in California.—
Richard Kemeny,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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Three fires in the state have consumed more than 1,140 square miles of mostly grassland.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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In Nebraska, about 30 National Guard members were deployed to combat multiple wildfires across a broad swath of range and grassland, state officials said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Friends of Tandy Hill, a group that works to protect the 220-acre native prairie in Fort Worth from ongoing issues like misuse and vandalism, has met with the city three times about this issue in the past year, said Don Young, the group’s founder and president.—
Samuel O’Neal
March 17,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
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Channel your inner prairie girl in Dôen’s signature puff-sleeve Ashlynn midi.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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This comparison only goes so far, of course; a theme‑park savanna and the real thing are as different as Orlando and Tsavo are distant.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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The insect thrives in warm savanna woodlands and in vegetation along lakes or streams, so the disease tends to take hold in remote areas where people rely on fishing, hunting and agriculture for their livelihoods.—
Fran Kritz,
NPR,
16 Mar. 2026
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Boyfriend jeans and slingback flats No need to break out the kitten heels—slingback flats are guaranteed to turn the sophistication up on a pair of perfectly oversized boyfriend jeans.—
India Roby,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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Adding in signature accessories—including those soft leather black ballet flats from The Row, a ball cap, and an oversized suede tote—we’re itching to recreate this one, asap.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2026
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The species thrives in habitats from arctic tundra to dense urban centers.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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This mind-blowing abundance is part of what drew Brian Kraft, a former professional hockey player, to build the lodge here in 1997, relying on bush planes to fly lumber into the timber-scarce tundra.—
Kim Cross,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The camp sits on an immense andassy meadow ringed by an unnamed forest.—
Rosecrans Baldwin,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Wildflower hot spots are found all over Georgia in diverse habitats — pine and hardwood forests, meadows, wetlands, stream banks, mountain ridges and coves, granite outcrops and others.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Bottomland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottomland. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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